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Table Of Contents
- Site Settings
- Index Site Settings
- Avid Liquid Reference Manual
- Contents
- Introduction
- Documentation
- Basics
- Signup
- High Definition
- Input
- Logging and Digitizing (Capture)
- EZ Capture
- Starting EZ Capture
- Basics
- The Logging Tool and Its Functions
- Video Inlay, Timecode Fields and Status Field
- Player Source (D)
- Reels and Racks (E, F)
- Controls (Player and Edit Buttons, G)
- A/V Inputs (Selecting Source Tracks, H)
- Stereo or Mono (I)
- 4:3 or 16:9 (I)
- Selecting a Media Format/Codec Preset (J)
- Destination Volumes for Digitizing / Capture Volumes (K)
- Select Audio Monitor /Mute
- Video Tool / Calibration Control /IPB Settings
- Clip Tab: Naming and Numbering Clips
- Color Correction Tab
- Audio Tab
- Master Tab
- Media Tab
- Send Clips To Timeline (Direct Insert)
- Properties
- Methods
- File Ingest
- Background Live Capture
- Importing Objects
- Copying/Pasting Objects from Other Projects
- Media Management and Object Import
- Creating Objects
- Voice-Over
- Importing EDL/AVID MediaLog Files
- Exchange
- Administration
- The Project
- The Object
- Media Management
- Edit
- Video Editing
- Audio in the Timeline
- Special Functions
- Finish
- Effects in Avid Liquid: The Basics
- Detailed Description of Classic Effect Editors
- Realtime FX
- AFX PlugIns
- Special FX
- Timewarps and Color Correction
- Color Correction Editor
- Linear Timewarp
- Timewarp Editor
- Audio
- Audio Postproduction and Audio Effects
- Basics
- ASIO Driver and DirectSound
- 32-bit Floating Point Audio
- Special Characteristics of Audio Clips
- Inserting Audio Clips on the Timeline
- Assigning Tracks
- Stereo and Mono, Panorama and Balance
- Muting Timeline Tracks (Audio Playback)
- Audio Scrubbing - Digital or Analog
- Working with more than 16 Audio Source Tracks (Real- Time Playback)
- Audio Tool
- Audio Editor
- Special Functions
- SmartSound: Background Music Made to Measure
- Audio Effects
- Avid Liquid Plugin Audio Effects (VST)
- Basics
- Audio Postproduction and Audio Effects
- Titler
- DVD Authoring
- Export
- Customize Avid Liquid
- Glossary
- Index
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Basics of High Definition TV
Basics of High Definition TV
This section contains basic information on HDTV.
TV of the future
The meaning and benefits of HDTV page 73
Filming in HD
What changes... page 76
Editing HDTV
What stays the same... page 76
HDTV basic data
Overview of the standards page 77
TV of the future
High Definition TV (HD or HDTV) means better images and better sound that is almost cinema quality.
HDTV is a general term for the TV of the future that will, over the medium-term, replace the existing
PAL, SECAM and NTSC television standards. Just how fast this will occur, and which of the substan-
dards within the many-branched standard family will prevail is not yet known. In the US, where the
transition has been stipulated by law, the conversion to digital television is expected to be completed by
2006. In Asia, Europe and other regions of the world, there is no fixed agenda for the introduction of
HDTV. Japan, however, has been experimenting with high-resolution formats since the early ’90s.
Industry, TV stations and production houses are preparing for HDTV. More and more HD cameras are
available, not just for professionals but in the consumer sector as well (keyword: HDV). Major events are
being recorded and distributed as HD productions. HD television sets are available in markets where
HD programs are already being broadcast.
Here is an overview of HD properties:
Standardized -
The HDTV standard, meaning all the essential technical standards and specifications, is defined
by the SMPTE (Society of Motion Pictures & Television Engineers). The ATSC (Advanced Tele-
vision System Committee) has formulated a number of “standard sets” comprising all possible
combinations of resolutions, aspect ratios, frame rates, progressive vs. interlaced, etc. A distinc-
tion is made between production formats and transmission formats (more later).